VERNONIA EAGLE
THE
SHERIFF'S-
SWEETHEART
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ugly, „.,,.iiig niiu Hicks fa­
tui ir I aie.
Win Basket* Bali (¡ame
With Fundameuta s
Ill
He ct lne buck when the first streaks
of red were In the sky.
"It will be warmer soon," he said,
"Give me a team that knows
mid rlpiied the shirt from the sherltFs how to
catch, pass and shoot, ar.d
hack. He stooped beside the stream
By T. R. G13SON
and. dipping up a hatful of water, I think I can beat pie team that
poured It over Dick’s chest. Dick knows every trick play pnd every
bit' of court strategy in. the books,
shivered; the water was Icy cold.
(Copyright by W G Cbaomtn »
"Warmer soon." said Sancho, and but is faulty in fundamentals.”
I
went away. The sun appeared. Slow
It’s Dan Meenan speaking, Coach
IN’T satisfied with me? Why ly It climbed above the horizon. Dick
not? Did 1 ask to he elect- began to grow thirsty. The sweat Dan Meenan of Columbia univer­
ed sheriff?
Didn't the streamed down his fuce and bare sity’s 1926 eastern intercollegiate
town come to me and sa.v chest. About ten Sancho reappeared. basketball champions. He's sum­
they’d decided to nominate me?” asked
"Warmer?" lie Jeered, and held his ming up the basketball philosophy
Dick Farley.
water bottle to Dick’s Ups. He with­ that made him all-eastern forward
He looked straight into the puck­ drew it the next moment and emptied in 1912 and 1914, he captained the
ered eyes of old Jim Brant, who low­ It over his chest. “The desert’s warm­ Columbia team the latter year) ai d
ered his own unsteadily.
er than Ausha," he said, und kicked won last winter’s Columbia squi.d
“You understand me, Dick. I only him savagely.
the eastern title.
come to you as a friend.** sold the
Dirk groaned Involuntarily. Blis
The keynote of Columbia’s
old man. ‘‘I thought there was some­ ters were forming where the icy water
pionship
system, explains
thing gone wrong between Doris and had wetted Idin. Beneath him he saw
you, and I thought maybe she’d—she’d the cool waters of the stream. He Meenan in the January issue of t ie
American Boy Magazine, is sim­
heard of what folks are saying.”
writhed In Ids bonds as he tried to
“What are they saying?” demanded reach it. He opened his parched and plicity. He uses no trick plays—
no chart or “set” formation. lie
Dick.
crackling lips toward It.
“Why, that they guess you’re taking
Once, a wakening from a stupor, he depends first upon having his mi n
your time about tackling Sancho.” re­ i saw Lina running toward him with a in topnotch shape, so that they can
sponded Brant.
pitcher of water. Then Sancho sprang play the full game at a driving
Dick flushed angrily, lie had been up from somewhere In the shade and speed. Second, he sees to it th it
sheriff six months, and the notorious struck It from her hand.
they know a little more than tht ir
outlaw was still at liberty. Some­
"it Is my fault, Sancho. I did not opponents do about the mechani :s
where in the hills beyond the des»»rt mean Ids death. Set him free.” begged
of the game.
Sancho had his headquarters. He had the girl.
Starts Training on Track
descended on a ranch the week before
With a curse Sancho drove her back
Coach Meenan starts his seas n
and lifted a pure-blooded stallion h Into the shack. And then the sun
had been Dick's business to arre i climbed. Dick was no longer able to in November, on the running track.
him; but how could he hunt him struggle; he was hardly conscious of In December comes drill in runni ig [
single-handed among the hills the his body, and It felt ns if this torment­ the floor and passing. Columl a
other side of a blazing desert in mid­ ed covering of his soul were some­ uses just one pass—a shoulder hi; h
summer?
thing exterior to him.
throw propelled by the right har 1. j
Dick had not been idle. He had laid
When he opened Ids eyes again he She uses inly two shots for tie
his plans through Lina, the dancer. saw, San» lio with Lina beside the She uses only two shots for t le
Sancho’s friend; ami through her he horses. The girl was pleading with graceful! executed,
and a var. v-
knew the outlaw* would some dry fall the outlaw.
tion of it, delivered with one har d,
Into his clutches. lie realized that
“Release him, and I go with thee.”
when near the basket, “English,”
public feeling had grown chilly; the he heard Lina say.
people wanted something to be done,
The outlaw looked at her—then snap passes, other fancy tactics a.e
unknown to the Columbia chain-
and done by him at once, alone.
nodded.
Doris and he had been as good as
“I shall give him water and set him pions-
engaged two months before. Dick had free,” said I.Ina. and went down by
Coach Meenan’s system of pl ly
noticed the change In the girl, but he the water side with her pitcher, while depends upon three primary rules
had not ascribed It to public gossip. Sancho strolled meditatively toward of offense and defence:
Stung by old Brant’s insinuation, he Dick.
“On defense, always keep I e-
went straight to the house. Doris
"Warm?” he queried, tauntingly, tween your man and the bask t,
looked up from the porch and nodded. gloating over Ids victim. Then, see­
“What’s the matter, Doris?” Dick ing that Dick was beyond his malice, forcing him toward the sidelines.
“On offense, never catch a b .11
blurted out, coming close to her.
be raised his revolver slowly.
“The matter?” parried the girl.
Una. coming up from the stream, standing still; keep your opponent
“You’ve changed.” said Dick hotly. saw him aim at Dick’s head. With from intercepting it by going to
meet it.
“You are different from what you used a scream site flew at him.
to be.”
“After you have completed a
Sancho laughed, and. with his free
“Did I ever give you the right to hand, held hers down. And Dick saw pass, get ready to receive the
•peak to me like that?”
the deadly revolver muzzle begin to again.”
“I hoped for it,” said Dick, twisting cover his bead again.
Disapproves of Dribble
his hat nervously. ‘‘It’s because of
Sancho «’alted. He was In no hurry,
Coach Meenan doesn’t like
what people are saying, isn’t it?”
and he wanted his eniray to taste dribble because it momentarily
“What are they saying?”
death In all Its fullness. But the girl up the other fiur men on the tea n. |
“That I’m afraid to tackle Sancho. was becoming a nuisance. He flung
“Never dribble,” he advises, “un­
You pay heed to that sort of gossio. her from him, and. as she fell flat in
less you are coming up to the bas­
do you, Doris?”
the sand he aimed again.
“I am not answerable to you.5* Doris
At that moment Dick’s attention was ket for a shot and there’s no o ce
retorted. “You can go away now and directed toward a singular gleam of in front of you. In a fast, pa s-
do not come back till you tfre feeling light among the sandhills. There was ing game the opponent has a hard
better.“
nothing strange about that. The sun time keeping track of the ball. In
“If I go I shall not come back till might be playing upon a stone.. But, a dribbling game, on the other
you send for me.’’
again, the light looked somehow like hand, every opponent knows exact­
“Please yourself.” she replied, with the glint of a rifle barrel.
ly where the ball is.”
affected indifference.
Dick saw the outlaw’s finger close
These rules of play gave last sea­
on
the
trigger,
saw
IJna
raise
herself
Dick turned without a word and
swung into the road that led down­ and stretch cut her clasped hands son’s Columbia squad the repu a-
town. He could not see the flood of toward Sancho in moaning appeal. tion of being a speed machine that
tears that followed his departure. Nor Then the sharp crack of a rifle sound­ took the ball under the basket in
could he knew that it was his friend < ed among the rocks. The trigger as few passes as possible, for short,
ship with IJna, retailed by the town finger stiffened. But Sancho's bullet sure shots. To combat this style
gossips, that was the cause of the plowed through the sand a yard from of play, Princeton—then the east-
change in Doris* attitude toward him. Dick’s head, and Sancho stiffened, ern champion—placed guards rif.ht
Lina had taunted Dick of late. Why toppled, and pitched forward.
under the hoop. Columbia met this
With a cry Lina flung herself upon maneuver by loosing a barrage of
didn’t he go for Sancho? she had
asked him. Dick bore it patiently. her lover’s body. And that was the medium-length shots from a po nt
Some time she would give him his last that Dick knew until he awoke squarely in fropt of the basket.
clue, and then—well, Ausha would to find Idmself propped up in Doris'
know what sort of man the sheriff arms, with the taste of cool water In When a few of these dropped
bis throat ami the walls of the hut through the net, the Princeton
was.
guards came out and permitted Co­
He had his reward sooner than he about him.
"Dick, forgive me, forgive me!” she lumbia to make short shots aga n.
expected. For, as the girl ended her
“Alwys keep ‘ the area uni er
song that night, and came tripping was sn.ving. "I knew that you had
through the audience, she stopped an come here, nnd I was afraid for you, your basket clear,” Meenan advises.
and I followed you to tell you that 1 “Stay away from it until someb .ly
instant at Dick’s side.
“Sancho w’ill be at. my cabin tonight love you."
is ready to cut in for a shot.”
at half-past ten. Kill him if you can,
Win 18 of 20 Games
8enor Farley. If you can’t, take him Interesting to Note
Last season, with her swift, un­
away. I never want to see his face
Origin of Surnames orthodox style of play, Columbia
again, the traitor”! she said.
It was not until after the Norman won 18 out of 20 games. One of
conquest that surnames were adopt­ the most spectacular contests was
II
The cabin came into sight, perched ed. They were first given as nick­ won by the Navy, 30 to 29. In
on an elevation among the palms. A names to suit particular Individuals. this game, the Navy was leading
little stream of water ran beside It. Today we rarely find any appropriate­ at the half time, 12 to 11. In the
The long ride across the desert was ness In the names we bear. The second half, Columbia hit her str de
nearly ended. Dick’s pony, scenting greatest hero of the day may easily and took the lead 29 to 13, scar­
the water, pricked up his ears and carry the name of Coward, while Mr. ing 18 points while the midshipnen
broke into a canter. Dick dismounted Cox may be anything but sly. Yet It made one. With a minute and a
In a thorn clump near the cabin and is probable that the first man to quarter left to play. Coumbia vas
crept cautiously forward to where a bear the name of Fox was pre­ still ahead 29 to 19. In just 27 sjc -
eminent in cunning. Just as the first
candle shone in a window.
onds the Navy scored 11 poirits
He crawled toward an angle of the Parrott, or Parratt, was most likely and won the game.
•hack, his revolver In his hand. Sud­ a great talker.
“You can’t win every gam1,”
Many people were named by reason
denly the door was flung open, and a
bullet hummed past Dick’s ear as the of their possession of some quality Meenan comments, philosophica’ly,
which was associated with a partb u- “but if you drill your men in a
rifle In the doorway rang.
Dick’s rush was too quick for the lar animal. Hart, for instance, was simple and speedy style of pay
bandit. In an instant the sheriff had no doubt a great runner, and Night­ and get them into prime condit on
disarmed him. Sancho looked up Into ingale could sing. As for the Rud­ you’ll win most of them.”—Loig-
docks (robin redbreast) and Wood- view News.
Dldc’s revolver.
His bands went up automatically. alls (woodwale, a woodpecker), they
probably received their names from
He scowled at his captor.
“Keep them up and walk through the signs they favored outside their
that doorway,“ said Dick. “If you let doors.
The most Interesting names sre
them down I’ll drill five holes through
those wldch plainly originated through
you.”
Sancho moved, cursing, toward the the occupation of those who held
Portland, Jan. 5, (Special)—Al­
door. Dick followed him. Suddenly them. There Is no doubt about Shep­
be felt Lina’s arms tighten upon his herd. Hedger. Herd, or Hoard. Ack­ though logging and lumber man­
neck from behind. At th-» same in­ erman was the man who drove the ufacturing in the fir districts of
stant Sancho turned and dashed the plow over the acres; Swlnnart tended the west coast are gradually get­
weapon from his hand. As Dick strug swine; nnd Calvert looked after the ting under way after the holidays,
fled !n vain a col) of rope tightened calves; while Wethered was a wether­ the resumption of cutting at saw-
about his body, pinioning him. The herd. and Goddard a goat-herd.—Lon mills has not been nearly so gen-
outlaw rolled him to the door and se­ don Answers.
eral as recently published renorts
cured his legs with the end of the coll.
would indicate, according to the
Bizet Died a “Failure”
Sancho picked the sheriff up In bls
4L employment letter issued here
Bizet,
the
composer
of
“
Carmen,"
I
arms and carried him to the edge of
today. A survey by the 4L offices
probably
the
most
successful
of
all
the stream. He left him there, went
shows that many major operations
away, and returned shortly with a mal­ ela-sic operas so far as the scope of
let and some long Iron pegs. Very de­ its popularity Is concerned, died at are still closed and that many now
liberately he hammered them fast into thirty-seven, and It is said he was in operation plan to shut down
the sun-baked earth. Then he fas­ broken-hearted over the apparent fail­ during the latter part of January.
Logging has been resumed in
tened Dick's arms and legs to the pegs. ure of the oliera on its first presenta­
"Good-by till tomorrow," said San- tion.—Washington Star.
(I A
Z\
Logging Industry
Is Increasing
Thursday, January 13, 1927.
some of tiie fir districts, the let­
ter said, but in others, including
the Columbia river district, there
is at present little activity.
Sawmill work in the Inland Em­
pire and in southern Idaho is at
the season’s low point. In th* other
pine producing districts of eastern
and central Oregon, mills are cut­
ting, but with reduced crews.
From every large city r in the
Pacific Northwest it is reported
that there are hundreds of tem-
porarily unemployed men. A few
jobs for farm hands and cordwood
<
cutters have been offered I but, gen-
erally speaking, there is no new
employment to be had at 1 the pres-
ent time, the 4L letter said.
T.
B.
Decline.
Coincident with the decline of
tuberculosis among cattle and hogs
is an official report of a decreasing
human death rate from the dis­
ease, says the United States de­
partment of agriculture. The
mortality of children under
years may be attributed in
to the aggressive campaign
testing tuberculosis cattle and dis-
posing of animals affected witb
the disease.
Triplets
Boi a
at
T. W. LARAWAY
Physician and Surgeon
Vernonia
Goble.
Columbia county population was
increased last night without the
aid of land settlement activities
or new industries when triplets
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Carter of near Goble. The new
arrivals are two boys and a girl
the boys weighed five pounds each
and the girl seven pounds, All
are healthy and should live to
be numbered among the county’s
best citizens, according to Dr. J.
F. Ditto, of Rainier, who was at- At
tending physician.—Mist.
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